Documenting our Life in Photos

Memory keeping with Project Life 

Project Life 2016 {Week 2}

This year I am going back to documenting.  After a 2 year hiatus I am ready to capture the stories of 2016.

Over the years most of my Project Life spreads have been elaborate and detailed.  I notice however that my eye is always drawn to spreads that are simple.  I also notice that my family hardly ever reads the journaling.  They focus on the pictures.  And that will be MY focus for documenting 2016.

Pictures.

Project Life 2013

Back in the fall of 2015 my son was looking through the 2013 PL album and looked up at me and said 'Remember when you used to scrapbook our life?' 

My heart was full of joy and at the same time was crushed.  It was full of joy because his comment was validation. Validation that my family DOES appreciate the albums.  My heart was crushed because I realized that I missed out on two years of scrapbooking our life.  

I spent the last couple of months in 2015 organzing my craft space to accomodate my supplies for the 2016 Project Life album. (It had been set up for card making) And I'm so excited to report that I am up to date with 2016!

Here's a  look at Week 2

Supplies

• Project Life Design H Page Protectors
• Project Life Core Kit Midnight
• Heidi Swapp Black Epoxy Buzz Word Stickers
• The camera 3x4 card is from Gossamer Blue

Switching to a smaller format has NOT been an easy transition.  In 2014 I  tried 6x8 and quickly realized that format was too constricting.  I haven't finished it.  In 2015 I switched to 6x12 and didn't finish. This year I have finally gotten into a nice groove with the 6x12 size. 
2016 will be the year that I get back to documenting our life in photos.

During the month of February  I did a 'walk through' of my PL albums.  What a joy.  I took note of what worked and what didn't work.  I took note of how many completed weeks were in each album.  I took note of the products I used. I took note of what I liked and didn't like.
I created a 'Do's and Don't' List.

I'll share my organization and the do's and don'ts  list in another post later this week.  

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs 
Marisol

How I am documenting 2016

My Grand Master Plan

2016 Title Page

I was inspired by Kelly Purkey to downsize to a 6x12 album.  The larger 12x12 size has become cumbersome, difficult to manage and almost impossible to store.

I have many bits and pieces left of  'Project Life" kits from Studio Calico, Gossamer Blue, Citrus Twist and Scraptastic.  I plan on choosing a kit and using it all up! I already tried this method for the month of January and Febraury and I was able to 'kill' a couple of kits.

Along with the kits I have chosen some products that I will use throughout the year.

Kelly Purkey Stamps

Alphabet Stamps from several different companies

Ali Edwards White Letter Stickers

Project Life Core Kits :
Midnight

Favorite Things

Dreamy

and these 4 Value Kits by Heidi Swapp

The Overlay Value Kit, the Glitter Value Kit, the Color Magic Value Kit, and the Gold Foil Value Kit.

I'm currently up to date for 2016 and feeling very accomplished.  Especially considering that I did not complete 2014 nor 2015.  

Here's a closer look at my 2016 Title Page.

I'll be sharing completed spreads here and on my Instagram account

Hugs

Marisol

Life In Details February Challenge

LOVE 

That was this month's challenge.  I decided to use a 6x8 layout to document our Valentine's Day.  

I used the Valentine Spoons stamp set from Simon Says Stamp.

Simple! And I love it!

I have come to accept that if I want to keep up with this years album and make cards that I will need to keep it simple.  

Be sure to visit the Life In Details Blog and join us for this months challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!

Marisol

Colored stamping on Kraft

Another new (to me) technique

Hello There!
Wait! What?
Two posts in 1 day?!?!
Crazy I know.
But I did tell you I was going to spend the day crafting.

This card was also inspired by Jennifer McGuire.

This new to me technique has somewhat of a learning curve.  After I stamped the image in white I colored it in with Copic markers.  The cardstock really absords and spreads the marker ink outside the lines.  I thought about tossing the card but instead I created a 'halo' effect around the flowers.

I think I need more practice.  

I added sparkle to the flowers with the Wink of Stella Brush Pen. (unfortunately the camera did not pick up much of the sparkle)

I'm entering this card into the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #12 So Sparkly

Thanks for stopping by!

Marisol

New to me technique - Stamp layering with white pigment ink

Inspired by Jennifer McGuire

Hello there!  

I'm in crafting paradise today!  I am on February break and have every intention of spending the day in my crafting space.

Today I am sharing a card that was inspired by Jennifer McGuire.  Recently she shared a technique that uses stamp layering with white pigment ink on kraft cardstock. Here's my take on it...

Since I never tried this technique before I used a scrap piece of cardstock. I was so pleased with my practice that I used it on the final card! 

I used the Pretty Peonies stamp set by WPLUS9, Hero Arts Dye inks in Pale Tomato and Field Greens. I popped up the stamped piece with fun foam.

I'm submitting this card into the  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog

Thanks for stopping by!

Marisol

CAS 4 Online Card Class

It's time for another Online Card Class!

Clean and Simple 4 - Techniques Made Simple

Clean and Simple is my preferred card making style.  Mostly because they are quicker to make than more complicated card stlyes.  

I made this card yesterday for the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge Spots and Dots

I purchased a few new items to use in class but am determined not to buy anymore supplies.  I know it will be very hard especially with all the inspiration that comes from the class.  

Products used:

Simon Says Stamp (SSS)-Small Thanks Die

Hero Arts-Circular Designs

Avery Elle Inks and 6x6 paper pad (love that the paper matches the ink color)

Thanks for stopping by!

Marisol

Happy New Year!

Project Life Share (January Life in Details Challenge)

Excuse me while I clean out the cobwebs from the blog!  My poor neglected blog.

I have been obsessed with card making lately and as a result my Project Life album has been neglected along with my blog.

I won't bore you with the other factors that caused me to put my album aside but let's just say that I am going to divorce my Selphy printer and I am returning to the 12x12 album size for Project Life.

This month's challenge was to create a New Year's themed page.

As you can see I kept things simple with this page...one of my new year's resolutions.  KISS! 

Join us for the challenge! You can check it out at January Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Marisol